Case Studies

Changes to the data collection and privacy information legislation will come into effect on 23 February 2018. The Notifiable Data Breaches Act 2017 means that for the first time those entities who are subject to the Privacy Act 1988 will have a mandatory obligation to report data breaches to both the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and any individuals who could potentially be impacted by the breach.

All that land set aside for parking is also an opportunity to ask what the real value of parking space is. One reason for the amount of parking, and our expectation it should be free, is the land use planning system. Many city planning systems set minimum amounts of off-street parking for new developments, with a view to protecting (normally free) on-street parking.

To many parking customers, the term ‘cashless parking’ is often associated with mobile phone payment options that are heavily discredited by the media for being inconvenient. But despite this, parking operators across the globe are quietly and quickly embracing cashless parking solutions.

Instead of focusing on freeways, governments should change the way we pay for urban roads and public transport. To work out how best to do this, the Grattan Institute has looked at several million Google Maps estimates of travel times in Australia’s largest cities.

A growing region like the City of Ryde needs infrastructure systems to match that growth. To manage the public space efficiently, Councils need forward thinking solutions, from parks management to managing parking. City of Ryde engaged Duncan Solutions for the upgrade of around 70 machines situated in the Macquarie Park Corridor.

Three distinct groups are giving form to the idea of driverless vehicles. Each has its own corporate proponents and target markets, and its own, often competing, demands on citizens, regulators and planners. Each will make its own demands on our streets and public spaces.

“AutoISSUE & PEMS met all our requirements, enabling our officers to make informed decisions in real-time about enforcement using a single Android device, not a number of different pieces of equipment as has been the case previously.”

A new apartment complex in Brisbane’s West End Precinct, Light+Co, requested a decorative finish for its car park that incorporates five bespoke colours installed in a unique design of intricate circles, lines and intersecting shapes.

The transportation industry is projected to experience more change than most sectors, in large part because it offers solutions to some of the world’s most acute challenges: environmental sustainability and rapid urbanisation.

Due to their low local emissions, battery-powered electric cars are more in demand than ever, but they still have a reputation for being too expensive and having too short a driving range. So how about recharging them without having to plug in a cable, while parking or even driving on the road?

We’ve always been on our way to automating everything. The only difference between then and now is that now we are really, really close to full automation. Asking the question, “What will we do when everything is automated?” is no longer fantastic, it’s essential.

The Star Casino in Sydney chose a bespoke, high-end car park floor that would impress its VIP visitors before they even step through the venue’s front door, using 85,000m2 of specialist deck coating solutions to refurbish the floor in its five-storey car parking facility.

The inclusion of new meters is heralding the transition from simple coin-only payments to electronic payments, offering improvements for motorists parking police, maintenance staff and the parking management personnel.

In a commitment to ensuring Cardiff is a high quality, attractive and liveable smart city, Cardiff City Council is using innovative technology to deliver tangible service improvements in city management.

Database Consultants Australia were named as the winner of Excellence in Technology and Innovation at the 2016 Parking Industry Awards for world-leading innovation of parking technology in the City of Melbourne.

The City of Joondalup was awarded the top prize for Outstanding New Car Park Development at the 2016 Parking Industry Awards for Reid Promenade Car Park (RPCP). The new five level multi storey car park that was built on an existing 140-bay open air car park in Joondalup City Centre.

Parking industry consultant, Grant McLean, received recognition for the many years he has dedicated to the parking industry, when he was awarded Individual Excellence in Parking at the 2016 Parking Industry Awards.

Earlier this year Care Park moved its head office operations into a purpose-built facility in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. The Care Park headquarters now houses a highly innovative and interactive Care Assist Control Room which provides complete off-site support and monitoring 24 hours a day to car parks.

There are over 600,000 vehicle trips into Westminster every day, many of which are servicing businesses, transporting goods and people, or simply visiting for work or pleasure. This volume of vehicles places a huge pressure on the city’s limited kerbside, a city of 20 square kilometres.

If you’re in the parking business, whether it be as an authority, garage, or private lot, and you’re not using social media, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity. Social media provides platforms to distribute information quickly and effectively, and it’s also an invaluable tool for customer service.

Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm with over 100 million downloads to date. But Google ‘Pokemon accidents’ and you’ll quickly see that this popular augmented reality game is no laughing matter for employers.

There can be few things as frustrating as being stuck in a car park for four hours on a scorching Sunday afternoon; yet this was the unhappy fate of shoppers at a new multi-storey grid car park at an IKEA store in Reading, UK.

Today’s intelligent parking guidance systems continue to redefine what is possible — along with what is expected — in a multifaceted installation. With its new L4 Smart-Sensor System, Park Assist has added remote management of ultra-efficient luminaires to the equation.

DeNA announced the launch of a new driverless bus service in Chiba, Japan. During the launch, EasyMile was announced as the partner of DeNA in Japan. The driverless bus service, called Robot Shuttle, will employ EasyMile’s EZ10 driverless shuttle.

Having a conversation in a noisy area is difficult enough when you are talking face to face with your partner and can be virtually impossible when using a communications system. What if this noise could be suppressed, wouldn’t that make it a lot easier?

Car Next Door is Australia’s first peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, turning any car into a share car by providing simple in-car technology, an online booking and payment system, and comprehensive insurance to make it simple and safe for people to rent their car out when they’re not using it.

Campaign sites and landing pages are increasingly essential to the success of marketing campaigns and they offer a convenient way to focus visitor attention to a specific product, service, task or call to action.

Innovation is about new and existing businesses creating new products, processes and business models. It is also about creating a culture that backs good ideas and learns from taking risks and making mistakes.

The transport sector is currently undergoing its most rapid transformation in decades. Disruptive transport technologies, such as App based ride sourcing platforms (e.g. Uber), innovations in car sharing, real time public transport information and autonomous vehicles are set to change travel behaviour in our cities over the next 5 – 10 years.

EasyMile has introduced 4 driverless shuttles to Sophia Antipolis Business Park (Nice, France) connecting companies, shops and restaurants located inside the business park that are not covered by the existing bus network.

Australian Smart Cities and Infrastructure Summit

7-8 March 2018

Efficient buildings and public lighting; access to clean energy and water supplies; the ability to travel efficiently; a sense of safety and security – these are the prerequisites modern cities must fulfill to stay competitive and provide a decent quality of life for citizens. The 3rd Annual Australian Smart Cities and Infrastructure Summit delivers a programme that offers solutions to these challenges.

Under the Federal Government’s Smart Cities Plan, the $50 million Smart Cities and Suburbs Program was announced over a year ago and the first round of grant winners have been confirmed, with over $28.5 million allocated to 52 projects across the nation. Which begs the question… What does it take to truly create a smart city? Where must cities focus their efforts to provide a decent quality of life for citizens?

The Parking Australia President, Sharon Prior, has today announced the resignation of Lorraine Duffy as the organisation’s Chief Executive Officer, who will be finishing at the end of February. The President acknowledged that Ms Duffy leaves behind an enduring legacy of hard work, tenacity and change during her tenure, which commenced in 2013.

EasyMile, a global leader in driverless technology, has partnered with DemandTrans Solutions, a leading expert in Mobility-On-Demand technology, to provide efficient autonomous solutions to public agencies across North America as well as a customer-facing app that will enable point-to-point autonomous transportation.